How we lived
Gettingaround
The railway, ferries and canoes, lorries, poda-podas and the roads between towns.
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114 items · page 2 / 2Fishing boats in Freetown harbour (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Original title: Boat, harbour
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
A hammock bridge of lianas (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Original title: Lian, suspension bridge, bridge
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A rope bridge on a forest path (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Original title: Bridge
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An acrobat's hammock dance at a festival (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Original title: Village, ceremony, hut
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Freetown-Central wharf c. 1900
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Freetown-Gibraltar wharf c. 1900
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Freetown-Kissy Road c. 1900
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Freetown-Railway c. 1900
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Paul Cuffee 1812
Engraved for Abrm. L. Pennock by Mason & Maas., From a drawing by John Pole, M.D., of Bristol, Eng. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Paul Cuffee4 1812
Engraved for Abrm. L. Pennock by Mason & Maas., From a drawing by John Pole, M.D., of Bristol, Eng. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
This picture shows a Poro or Sande (Bondo) society ceremony, dancer or object. Some of what the societies do is for members only; it is shown here for its history
Janus Faced (Ndoli jowei) Mask of the Sande Society late 19th century
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Mancala Game Board late 19th century
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Hammock of plain and brown cord Collected by 1928
Original title: Hammock
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Hammock of bast cord with red-yellow stripes, Mende Collected by 1931
Original title: Hammock
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Hammock of bast cord with yellow stripes, Mende Collected by 1931
Original title: Hammock
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Plain hammock of plaited bast cord, Mende Collected by 1931
Original title: Hammock
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"Railway Station in the Protectorate", Sierra Leone, c 1944 (3133798403)
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Looking out from inside a cave above Santia Rock Shelter on the road to Bafodia, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (1956133533) 1968
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Gara headscarf, pink-red with tied circles, made by Kadiato Kamara 1982
Original title: Headscarf
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Gara cloth with a map of Africa tied in small circles 1982
Original title: Cloth
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Blue wax-resist cloth with large white patches 1982
Original title: Cloth
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Skirt, t-shirt 1983
Kadiato Kamara · Public domain (CC0) · Wereldmuseum (National Museum of World Cultures) · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Blue gara wrap skirt and wax-patterned T-shirt 1983
Original title: Skirt, t-shirt
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Brown gara dress with tied oblong pattern and belt 1983
Original title: Dress, belt
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Dominic Mansaray on a bridge between Kabala and Kaseredugu, Sierra Leone (West Africa) (491568424) Photographed 1967 or 1968
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (1)
Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (2)
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Narrow-strip cotton hammock-Vai people-Sierra Leone (British Museum) (3)
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Hammock with Openwork early 20th century
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Hammock Collected 1930–31
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Plain hammock, Bullom Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Bowl, vessel Collected 1930–31
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Wooden bowl with a lid and a burnt-in pattern Collected 1930–31
Original title: Vessels, bowl, paint
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Hammock of bast cloth with light brown stripes Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Hammock with yellow stripes and tassels Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Hammock of bast cord Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Hammock with dark red and yellow stripes Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Dark hammock with small tassels Collected 1930–31
Original title: Hammock
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Bottle, vessel Collected 1930–31
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Hollowed log vessel used in tapping palm wine Collected 1930–31
Original title: Vessel
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Plaited basket bottle, Krim Collected 1930–31
Original title: Bottle, vessel
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